SOCCER PLAYER

Ove Kindvall

1943 - 2025

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Bengt Ove Kindvall (Swedish pronunciation: ['beŋkt 'uːve 'tɕindvɑːl], 16 May 1943 – 5 August 2025) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his career at IFK Norrköping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord in 1966 and became professional. The same year, he won the Guldbollen, as the best Swedish footballer of the year. He is regarded as one of Sweden's greatest ever players. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ove Kindvall is the 649th most popular soccer player (down from 515th in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 260th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ove Kindvall ranks 649 out of 21,273. Before him are Rainer Bonhof, Miho Kaneda, Pietro Rava, Gerard Piqué, Robert Pires, and Hulk. After him are Clodoaldo, Ilija Petković, Álvaro Morata, Gianluca Pagliuca, Aldair, and Roberto Martínez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Ove Kindvall ranks 162. Before him are Bob Woodward, Armando Guebuza, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, R. L. Stine, Czesława Kwoka, and Dominik Duka. After him are Mustafa Dzhemilev, Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Köbi Kuhn, Raphael, Wallace Shawn, and Hervé Villechaize. Among people deceased in 2025, Ove Kindvall ranks 116. Before him are Anastasios of Albania, Rodion Shchedrin, Werner Leimgruber, Dick McTaggart, Zoltán Horváth, and Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh. After him are Nikola Pilić, Suchinda Kraprayoon, Fabio Cudicini, Ahmed Faras, Margarita Xhepa, and Katharine, Duchess of Kent.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ove Kindvall ranks 271 out of 1,879. Before him are Camilla Läckberg (1974), Estrid of the Obotrites (979), Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1616), Agne Simonsson (1935), Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889), and Catherine Stenbock (1535). After him are Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), Princess Amalia of Sweden (1805), Prince Carl Bernadotte (1911), Nils Gabriel Sefström (1787), Christopher Polhem (1661), and Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Ove Kindvall ranks 9. Before him are Nils Liedholm (1922), Gunnar Gren (1920), Kurt Hamrin (1934), Freddie Ljungberg (1977), Henrik Larsson (1971), and Agne Simonsson (1935). After him are Harry Bild (1936), Lennart Skoglund (1929), Ronnie Hellström (1949), Thomas Ravelli (1959), Viktor Gyökeres (1998), and Tore Keller (1905).

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